Clash of the Jacks led to two red cards in two minutes

Arsenal's Premier League clash with Southampton was a fascinating battle, with Arsenal first coming back from a goal down to 2-1, then being pegged back to 2-2, then retaking the lead in the last ten minutes to secure a 3-2 win. 

However, while the football itself was highly entertaining, maybe the most eye-catching aspect of the game was the injury time drama that saw both sides go down to ten men.

The drama began when Jack Stephens released the ball to a teammate while breaking for Southampton. Jack Wilshere, who was in pursuit, grabbed onto the Saints player's shirt, failing to let go even when Stephens no longer had the ball, and ended up ripping it.

Understandably, Stephens wasn't best pleased, and he shoved the Arsenal midfielder to the floor in rage. The referee didn't take too well to this, and showed Stephens a straight red card. Wilshere only got a yellow, and Southampton were rightly outraged.

 

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The visiting players remonstrated with the referee, while the Arsenal players had their own complaints, and continued arguing with the Southampton players. Then Mohamed Elneny took it a little bit too far, and shoved Cedric Soares. The referee had clearly had enough of the drama, because Elneny then received a red card of his own.

 

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None of it made much sense, but thankfully it didn't impact the outcome of the game, and Arsenal held onto their 3-2 lead.